(Title Page to) The Times Atlas of the World. Mid-Century Edition, Edited by John Bartholomew, M.C., M.A. Cartographer by Royal Appointment of the late King George V, Gold Medalist of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Volume IV southern Europe and Africa, Containing: Spain, Portugal, Italy, Danube Lands, Greece, Egypt, Mediterranean Islands, North, west, Central and East Africa, South Africa, The Atlantic Ocean. With an Index-Gazetteer. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press Cambridge, 1956.
Volume IV, the second to appear in the series of five volumes which will comprise the Mid-Century Edition of the Times Atlas. Full color maps, xii, and 24 leaves of plates. Bound in red linen, with label stamped in real gold reading "The Times Atlas of the World, Southern Europe & Africa Vo...
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| Summary: | Volume IV, the second to appear in the series of five volumes which will comprise the Mid-Century Edition of the Times Atlas. Full color maps, xii, and 24 leaves of plates. Bound in red linen, with label stamped in real gold reading "The Times Atlas of the World, Southern Europe & Africa Volume IV." Published in 5 volumes, 1955-1959, with 122 colored double page map sheets, and a comprehensive index of over 200,000 names. Because of the long production times involved in the work of compiling the detailed maps. The volumes were arranged in continental groupings with volume III, North Europe, coming out first, followed by another volume each year. V.1. The World, Australasia & East Asia --V.2. South-West Asia & Russia --V.3. Northern Europe --V.4. Southern Europe & Africa --V.5. The Americas. with an Index-Gazetteer. Bound in red linen, with label stamped in real gold reading "The Times Atlas of the World, Mid-Century Edition." |
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